Holiday Giveaway #25: Skip Hop- 12.17.12

NOTCOT Holiday Giveaway #25 is here filled with goodies from Skip Hop, perfect for new parents (or parents-to-be!). This bundle is a great collection of some of their new products that have you completely covered, from a Grand Central Diaper Bag that can hold any/everything and then some, while still keeping you (and the baby) organized - the Complete Sheet 4-piece nursery set, which is basically an instant nursery minus the crib, with wall decals, sheet set, crib skirt, and nursery blanket (all in adorable themes!) - and for fun toys to get your kid going, Alphabet Zoo ABC Blocks, Tree Top Friends Bead Tree, and a Flapping Owl Pull Toy! It’s a lovely bundle to kickstart things while introducing your child subconsciously to some stunning design early on!

My wife and I are expecting our first child in March. We were both raised in circumstances that -prior to meeting each other- made us worry if we’d be fit parents. But together we’re stronger than our collective negative experiences. We will raise a child who is surrounded by joy and unconditional acceptance, who will never be afraid to be whatever her heart tells her :)

i want my kids to appreciate a few nice things, rather than consuming a lot of junk. i also want my daughter to be bold and independent, just not when it’s past her bedtime and she needs to brush her teeth.

I don’t know, the kid is smart but to learn something unexpected by midnight?
Learn what will make her happy, work to reach it, and then actually be happy with whatever that is.
And Mamikon’s theorem of course.

My son will be 5 months + 1 day on the 22nd I’d love for him to learn more about his environment, and understand the things that he sees with a little more clearly. I’d love for him to learn how to laugh with his belly. Big, out loud laughs. I think that would be a great christmas present. He has a treetop friends activity matt and plush owl that he loves so much already, it would be great to extend his toy collection.

I don’t have any kids yet (if I win, the prizes would go to my cousin who’s expecting her second baby), but I would want my kids, or any kids to learn how to think creatively without always needing flashy toys.

I would like my children to learn how to garden. I am hopelessly black thumbed and I think it would be a blessing to my children to know how to grow their own food, to put something back into the earth and to learn patience and hard work as they grew life… besides, what kid doesn’t love playing in the dirt!?

At 14 months, we wnat her to learn everything she can. But something unexpected would be to do THE ROBOT! She already knows how to twirl, wave hands, stomp. Last night she even played Just Dance 3 with her mother and aunt. It would be a great surprise for mommy to do the ROBOT next time we have a dance party!

My baby is coming in late March - more than anything, I want him to learn to love knowledge, travel and fun. I want him to trust enough to be loved but not so much that he gets screwed over. And, if he loves to laugh, even better.

It’s pretty hard to say that there is something “unexpected” that I would want them to learn. If they learned something and it was “unexpected” to me, then I certainly can’t know it now to comment about it here.

Oh! Something I would want my child to learn, answering this question by Midnight on some night, and NOT something I would want my child to learn before Midnight. In either case, I would want them to learn to make sure the handsome price knows their name before midnight. Because these days, there are only a few sizes of shoes.

I would love love love my son to stop climbing the refrigerator (and couches and counters and tables …) and learn to keep his adorable feet on the ground, getting dinner ready without stopping to stop him would be unexpected indeed!

This baby of mine who will be born in March will surely learn how to love reading from her mama and how to be deadly from her papa. Think of the librarian who can use samurai swords with practiced ease. No late returns for her library.

I love this furniture! There are so many things that I wish my child would learn. One thing that would be completely unexpected is if they learned to fly! That would be amazing because then they would be able to experience the world.